So, Who's Looking Forward to VR Coming to ACC?

[Paul Jeffrey]

Only 17 days to go until the new build release of Assetto Corsa Competizione, and with release 2 comes VR.... so who's excited then?

VR, or Virtual Reality, is a relatively new and increasingly popular gaming technology where a player who uses one of the various VR headsets can experience their title of choice in a more immersive three dimensional environment, placing the gamer in the car rather than watching on from a flat 2D screen as has traditionally been the case in game consumption up to this point.

Obviously an ability to feel more at one with the car as is the case with VR is a significant advantage in the quest for sim racing immersion, and as such recent months have seen an increasingly large and vocal section of our community extolling the virtues of this technological breakthrough in modern sim racing.

Now with Assetto Corsa Competizione publicly available and on the road to a fully complete release by the first quarter of 2019, it is getting ever closer to the build update that brings VR to the title, something that I'm pretty sure a fair collection of people here at RD are excited to try out for the first time.

Not only does build two come with VR compatibility for the first time, but also players will be granted access to the Bentley Continental GT3 (old version, new spec coming at V1.00) and the Misano World Circuit, plus further updates to the game itself that include new feature implementation of a "basic" pit stop, SuperPole and various ranking improvements. All very exciting stuff.

So with ACC having been out a little while now and with big updates in the works, the question is - are you excited for build 2 this October 10th?

You can check out the current release roadmap and pricing schedules HERE.
Our early pre release first impressions 'Talk n Drive' video can be viewed HERE.

Assetto Corsa Competizione (build 1) is available to purchase on Steam Early Access now.

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So then, looking forward to ACC going VR, plus the new Bentley and Misano in just 17 days time? Let us know in the comments section below!​

 

[Lars Hansen]

Not really, tbh.
While I did invest in a VR headset, I don't use it for racing anymore.
Sure, it's immersive and all that, but the loss in graphics is just far too high for me to contend with.
Why bother with UE4 if you're going to view it with a crappy resolution?
Not for me, unless and until they improve the graphics.

 

[Deleted member 197115]

I can't understand people moaning about the performance needed for VR. It's really not that resource-heavy as everybody tries to make it. We are not in 2015 anymore. Everybody who can afford propper sim racing gear (probably >90% of all sim racers) can also afford the PC to run VR with no problems. By now my 1080 is really not top of the ballpark anymore, but it could still run the Pimax 5k in AC/Pcars2.

Moaning? You have to step up from 60 to 90 fps and make image rendered twice, once per eye.
Guess you didn't have to drop any settings in AC and can still run at max in VR full grid at 90fps using your secret alien technology tech.

 

[whip]

I can't understand people moaning about the performance needed for VR. It's really not that resource-heavy as everybody tries to make it. We are not in 2015 anymore. Everybody who can afford propper sim racing gear (probably >90% of all sim racers) can also afford the PC to run VR with no problems. By now my 1080 is really not top of the ballpark anymore, but it could still run the Pimax 5k in AC/Pcars2.

most vr users don't understand that its cpu intensive, they crank all the settings up not realising vr needs more cpu and then claim that you need 1080ti's to run vr, for example my 1070 in iracing only uses 60% to get 90fps

 

[Giando Fraschini]

Of course I am! Just hope my system will allow me to enjoy the experience as much as i would expect to... fingers crossed. Also, the laserscan Misano circuit will be a very nice add-on, since I barely know the track.

 

[omanrak]

Whos looking forward to upgrading there pc to run it in vr?

Upgrade your PC for VR? Are you out of your mind?

 

[The Iron Wolf]

You can turn them off go to C:\Users\yourname\Documents\Assetto Corsa Competizione\Config... hud.json file look for the line 'proximityIndicatorsVisible' turn the 1 into a 0 simples..

Thanks a lot, no HUD is very important for me.
Any rumors game will have Safety Car eventually?

 

[Kevin Troschinski]

Not interested at all. Unfortunately i become sick after about just 10-30 seconds of VR
After 1 minute i would have to puke

 

[Kurupt CDN]

Upgrade your PC for VR? Are you out of your mind?

I am running a i5 3570k with a 970 and a dk2 kit lol hence my comment

 

[Andreas Knöpke]

#sponsoredpost?

 

[TachyonGod]

Not only am I waiting for VR, I'm also waiting for triple screen support, since I use TrackIR for head tracking... I'm hoping, just like Project Cars 2, if i tell the game I have VR, then the tracking should also work.

 

[Deleted member 197115]

most vr users don't understand that its cpu intensive, they crank all the settings up not realising vr needs more cpu and then claim that you need 1080ti's to run vr, for example my 1070 in iracing only uses 60% to get 90fps

QFT, CPU is always the first to give up, esp. with single threaded rendering apps like AC.
45% MAIN-T load on AC flat screen becomes 95% in VR.

 

[CDwyer]

I have enjoyed playing some recently ignored pancake games. Automobalista, included. Looking forward to VR, but then the 2D games will not get a look in again.

I have also enjoyed being liberated from the tyranny of choice of car and track.

 

[CDwyer]

How does one delete a post?

 

[vr luis]

since the first time that I tested the vr with the live, same automobilista and the simu not vr I boiquotte as you should boiquotter the simu without three screen, oh he is in 2018 i boiquot F1 2018 because is no VR **** you codemaster dirt rallies is not vr it's finish with me

 

[Glen Orpheus]

where VR is good it just doesn't have the clarity yet for me, but a word from the Devs about triple screen wouldn't go amiss, your silence is frightening

 

[Serge.M]

Really looking forward to VR as can’t do it in a flat screen any more. Tried for a few hours but it made me nacious (funny how it goes the other way after you get fully use to vr)

 

[Kurupt CDN]

Not only am I waiting for VR, I'm also waiting for triple screen support, since I use TrackIR for head tracking... I'm hoping, just like Project Cars 2, if i tell the game I have VR, then the tracking should also work.

I copied and pasted the following from the iracing form.



Marco stated yesterday that they still investigating 3 screen support as unreal engine does not support it.

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?st...104#comment_form_1651916137_10212170238725151

Marco Massarutto
Hope so, still under investigation (UE4)
Like · React · Report · Yesterday at 7:41 PM

Let´s see how this unfolds but I won´t expect 3 screen support for the next months...

 

[Tony]

since the first time that I tested the vr with the live, same automobilista and the simu not vr I boiquotte as you should boiquotter the simu without three screen, oh he is in 2018 i boiquot F1 2018 because is no VR **** you codemaster dirt rallies is not vr it's finish with me

Google translate has failed miserably

 

[E304LIFE]

Google translate has failed miserably

I think he just said "No VR, no buy" Can't be certain though lol.

 

[Hor-hay]

probably look like AC by the time I turn graphics down, but yeah bring on VR!